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Grexit no more, Spain for EUR

Grexit has not occurred yet, but contagion is surely here, just look at the unsustainable debt financing levels in Spain. The EUR squeeze continues, albeit painfully slow. When Capital markets eventually go for the Greek kill, euro policy makers will not have had the time to put in place a structure that allows Greece to leave in an orderly fashion. The potential exit of Greece from the Euro system over the next few months could have some catastrophic consequences. The [...] read more

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Greek Voters Prepare to Roll the Dice

Posted by Scott Boyd 3:38 pm UTC, 05/15/2012

Now that Greek officials have ruled out any chance to form a new government, a follow-up election has been announced. However, this time it appears that voters are now ready to roll the dice and cast their lot with a fervent left-wing coalition running on a campaign to pressure Eurozone authorities for greater leniency in the country’s existing austerity commitments. The most recent polls suggest that the SYRIZA party – an acronym that translates to “Coalition of the Radical Left” – [...] read more

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The Industrial Production Index (IPI) shows the monthly change in production for the major industrial sectors including mining, manufacturing, and public utilities, but does not include construction. Because production is measured in terms of output and not a dollar value representing the output, the index is not distorted by inflation making the IPI an accurate indicator of a country's industrial production capacity.

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US Consumer Holding UP

Posted by Dean Popplewell 9:52 am UTC, 05/15/2012

US Retail Sales rose in April at the slowest pace of the year, showing unseasonably mild weather and pre-Easter shopping may have pulled consumers to stores the prior month. The 0.1 percent gain followed a 0.7 percent increase in March, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. Economists projected an advance of 0.1 percent, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey. Categories like building materials, clothing and department stores dropped in April as the weather-induced gains of the [...] read more

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Officials Talk Openly of Greek Euro Exit

Posted by Scott Boyd 3:46 pm UTC, 05/16/2012

With only enough cash on hand to keep the country afloat for just another month or so, the noose is tightening on Greece. The next aid installment – approximately 30 billion euros – is desperately needed to meet upcoming debt obligations, but is contingent upon Greece first implementing a further 11 percent in spending cuts. Meanwhile, the results of the election earlier this month failed to result in a clear winner leaving the country absent an effective government when a [...] read more

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OANDA's open position ratios

  1. AUD/USD
    70.47% 29.53%
  2. USD/JPY
    69.25% 30.75%
  3. EUR/USD
    54.26% 45.74%
  4. USD/CHF
    51.61% 48.39%
  5. GBP/USD
    40.73% 59.27%

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May
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Today’s Global
Market Events
8:30am

CAD
Manufacturing Sales m/m
0.4% vs. -0.3%
USD
Building Permits
0.73M vs. 0.75M
USD
Housing Starts
0.69M vs. 0.65M
9:15am

USD
Capacity Utilization Rate
78.9% vs. 78.6%
USD
Industrial Production m/m
0.6% vs. 0.0%
10:00am

EUR
ECB President Draghi Speaks
USD
Mortgage Delinquencies
7.58%
10:30am

USD
Crude Oil Inventories
1.5M vs. 3.7M
2:00pm

USD
FOMC Meeting Minutes
6:45pm

NZD
PPI Input q/q
0.0% vs. 0.5%
NZD
PPI Output q/q
0.2% vs. 0.1%
7:50pm

JPY
Prelim GDP q/q
0.9% vs. -0.2%
JPY
Prelim GDP Price Index y/y
-1.4% vs. -1.8%
9:00pm

AUD
MI Inflation Expectations
3.3%